Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching), a MAA program for new or recent
Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences who are interested in improving the teaching
and learning of undergraduate mathematics, has accepted another enthusiastic
group of fellows for the 2005-2006 year. The fellows attend special programs
at two summer MathFests and at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in January. We
welcome two new NExT fellows to EPADEL:
Deborah L. Gochenaur, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
Michael Lauzon, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Stacey Muir, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Project ACCCESS (Advancing Community College Careers: Education, Scholarship & Service) is a mentoring and professional development initiative for two-year college mathematics faculty. The project's goal is to provide experiences that will help new faculty become more effective teachers and active members of the broader mathematical community. Fellows will attend two consecutive AMATYC national meetings where they will participate in a program developed particularly for new faculty, as well as in regular conference activities. Although we have no new ACCCESS fellows in our section this year, we hope to increase the participation through our sectional next program.
In Spring 2002 EPADEL launched a regional version of the National Project NExT program, Project NExT-EPADEL. Faculty members in our section who are within their first three years of teaching full time at a university, four-year or two-year college are invited to apply to become Project NExT-EPADEL Fellows. In addition, Ph.D. students in our section who are within one year of completing their degree are invited to apply.
The next meeting for the NExT-EPADEL Fellows will be held during the Spring Section meeting at Shippensburg University. The session will begin immediately after lunch and is open to all section and national NExT fellows, and anyone else interested in this year’s topic. Everyone is invited to stay for dinner, which (pending funding) will be provided free for the new NExT-EPADEL Section Fellows.
At the workshop, participants will discuss topics of special relevance to beginning faculty. NExT-EPADEL Fellows will remain in contact with one another via an electronic mailing list. This year’s workshop will consist of two parts (1) an introduction to MAPLE 10 and (2) a swap session of favorite MAPLE or Mathematica classroom demonstrations.
See our website, http://maa.org/epadel/next/ or...
See a list of our current and past Project NExT-EPADEL fellows and ex officio fellows or...
See a list of our Past, Present and Future Project NExT-EPADEL workshops and panelists
All other inquires can be directed to either Lisa Marano, lmarano@wcupa.edu, or Chris Yarrish, cyarrish@hacc.edu.